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Stephen Browne

Stephen Browne is deputy executive director and director of operations at the International Trade Centre (ITC), Geneva. He is the author of Aid and Influence: Do Donors Help or Hinder? (Earthscan, 2006).

Recent articles


The progress of trade: why Doha matters

The obstacles to a new world-trade deal must be overcome if developing countries are to achieve the equitable place in global markets that they deserve, says Stephen Browne.

A green wall? Kenya, organics, and “food miles”

The restriction of long-distance organic trade would damage African farmers while having minimal effects on the environment, argue Stephen Browne & Alexander Kasterine.

G8 aid: beyond the target trap

The framing of the global aid model embraced by governments, donor bodies and NGOs alike is flawed. It's time to recognise the fact and change the approach, says Stephen Browne.

Whatever happened to 'development'?

The impact of the pioneering north-south reports of the 1980s – Brandt, Palme, Brundtland – were intimately tied to the political context in which they appeared. Stephen Browne maps this relationship and asks whether development thinking can become an instrument of global change.